[1277] Fire In The Sky, Page 3
└ posted on Friday, 2 July 2021, by Novil
- Commander Xul: Ridiculous! We grays are far superior to humans!
- Larisa: That’s just because you have all this fancy tech. If we had flying saucers like this, we’d have mopped the floor with you already!
- Larisa: You better treat us as equals soon! Or we’ll hold all these stupid abductions against you! And that you didn’t stand by us in our darkest hours.
- Larisa: As a small compensation, I’ll take these videos back to Earth!
- Commander Xul: Don’t you dare!
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Whoo go Larisa? I feel bad for Xul…
What so are they the ones who made the Sports Almanac from Back to the Future II?:-D
yes, that IS what’s superior. As I said before, the anal probe’s not for reading emails. Now HOLD STILL!
So Larrisa suggesting Imperium of Men, assuming if an immortal Anatolian exists?
Technological superiority only lasts until the other guys catch up. Then it’s down to who’s sneakier.
With a box like that, I can see Larissa starting her own youtube channel in the style of Monty Python’s “Blackmail” skit.
Those “videos” are, in fact, actual VHS cassettes. Having flying saucer loaded with them is actually a rather nice touch of absurd humor.
@ t209:
Well lets assume those are the xeno slavers emperor evicted from moons of Jupiter and saturn…
Larisa should just take the saucer. Doesn’t seem to difficult for these guys. Toss the grays out the airlock, fly the saucer to DC, and become the hero of Earth for defeating the alien menace.
David wrote:
We’d probably never see Larisa again.
“DC” has for years and years has shady contracts with the grays.
ya know, she’s got a point. looking at these grey aliens, they only got their technology over us. we’re physically stronger and probably a hell of a lot more durable than they are. in fact, there’s this one answer to the Fermi Paradox i happen to like: aliens totally exist, but they leave us the fuck alone because we dominated a veritable death world and can survive in a wide range of environments, and if we ever expanded out there into the galaxy, they wouldn’t be able to resist us for very long.
With all the movies we’ve inadvertently broadcast into the Universe, I’m surprised they even come within range. Look what happened to the last batch in “Independence Day”.
Lurker 2 wrote:
You noticed that, too?
If this is the indication of how hap-hazard their “superiority of technology” is, I’d say “soon” will be MUCH, MUCH sooner than the greys realize.
And with a couple of the top-notch mad scientists we have working on “our” technology, “soon” may be measured in months, weeks, or even days.
So, is Larisa not getting probed? I would have enjoyed seeing her moon the Alien to give him(?) an easier time with it, only for Xul to be freaked out at Larisa’s shameless enthusiasm. While I agree that Larisa has a point, the Greys likely evolved under different circumstances than we did, other than becoming more intelligent. Humans evolved to become not only clever, but also to be endurance based physically, as we can keep a steady pace with great efficiency compared to faster animals and we (well, most of us) possess bodies that are much better at regulating our temperature.
And Larisa, to be fair, we really don’t have a good reason to accuse them of not helping us in our darkest hours as they just research us and we can solve our own issues by ourselves most of the time. Your accusations would really hold water if the aliens were holding us on trial for our actions to our own planet (such as pollution, wars, and other evils) with guilty meaning the genocide of our species, they would be in the wrong morally for being able to help us but instead putting us on trial without making any attempts to help us as well as ignoring our positive traits and impacts alongside the fact that we’re not the only animals on this planet who are cruel to each other. Gorillas will sometimes kill the offspring of the former alphas, chimpanzees and dolphins are known to engage in sociopathic behavior sometimes just for their own amusement, and let’s not get into the species that are known to practice species wide cannibalism. Humans are the only animals on the planet (that we’re aware of) that are capable of feeling guilt for killing other animals regardless of whether they were members of our own species or not.
AnotherBear wrote:
H***, look at the ‘monsters’ and other problems we are constantly dealing with in the movies we are continuously beaming ‘out there’.
If The aliens actually believe that stuff, they wouldn’t get closer than Pluto.
if they don’t believe it, they will still worry about our ability to imagine that stuff and figure solutions to the problems.
After all, look at ANY of our fantasy role-playing games. the stereotypical ‘humans’ in just about any of them are the problems the ‘other’ races have to worry about most (though those other races tend to be stronger, faster, or superior in some other way).
Bottas wrote:
I’ve read a book (can’t remember the name) that explored that idea.
Started out explaining how the aliens who first come to earth were involved in an interstellar war (and losing badly).
Their enemies had superior tech, but not excessively so.
The main problem is the need for allies with abilities what would be usable in combat.
From what the book described, it was a problem for BOTH sides of the war.
No species discovered had a profound gift for ANY combat.
The Enemy was run by a psionic race that could control other species and make them do things they wouldn’t normally do, so it turned out to be a defining advantage with no race having a talent for actual combat.
Then some aliens visited earth.
Turned out we have a ‘slight’ talent toward what was needed (slight?).
Even our peaceful (homeless) people saw opportunities in combat their ‘hosts’ did not.
We also had a tendency get ‘hormonal boosts’ in combat (adrenaline) that the interstellar races didn’t.
Our planet was a complete mystery to the aliens (first time they found multiple land masses on one planet).
We had literally hundreds of languages (the record on one planet before they found us was 3).
And the last and greatest asset (discovered by accident)… using psionics on us was deadly to the one trying.
@ Valkeiper2020:
Yeah, that was an Alan Dean Foster story, A Call to Arms.
The aliens sent a probe to explore Earth and humans shot it down, since it was an unidentified threat. Aliens could not understand why anyone would do that. They assume friendly intentions when encountering the unknown. Humans just don’t.
Aliens: There was no indication that the probe was hostile, so why shoot it?
Humans: There was no evidence that it was not hostile, so we shot it down.
That’s an unresolvable difference.
The aliens were aghast that any technology they gave the humans was immediately turned into a weapon. We just think differently. We are dangerous. We like fighting, and we are good at it. The aliens ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ response is only ‘flight’.
@ just a comment:
Aye, The Damned Trilogy. Essentially, we’re denizens of Hell. We for instance have tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes. Natural phenomena that exist on other planets, yes. Except in Foster’s trilogy, the only other planets with those are incapable of supporting any life except microbial.
No other intelligent species has ever experienced such. Their planets of origin simply don’t do that. Then the aliens found Earth.
@ Valkeiper2020:
We possess “a small talent for war…”
MasterDiver wrote:
Aww, I was going to say that.
Well, those videos are gonna go right on the internet – can’t wait to see them discussed at MetaBunk…
just a comment wrote:
Sorry, but the scenario you describe was NOT in the book I read (or I don’t remember it).
Also, the aliens’ response to humanity’s use of technology is completely different.
Maybe if you describe a little more, I can certain if it is the same book.
For instance, how did the aliens who made ‘first contact’ look and how did they react to the tech on the watercraft of the first human they met?
What was their reaction to his attempt to escape them?
What surprised them about his escape attempt?
verilyheld wrote:
I find all those “we are only species who something” very suspicious, except … maybe it’s question of balance. Look how many times we got extremely close to self-extinction. Maybe all the aliens are either more peaceful than us and afraid what could we do – or less peaceful and destroyed themselves before getting interstellar travel.
Actually, maybe the aliens observe us (from safe distance) and are betting how many years we last before destroying ourselves, BECAUSE they already saw it so many times.
And, well, maybe they are right. We didn’t get interstellar travel yet. Plenty of opportunities to kill ourselves in front of us. But … if we manage to find the right balance, and with some luck … we may, one time, rule the galaxy.
@ Valkeiper2020:
Valkeiper2020 wrote:
That’s a lot of questions… In any case, you can buy the whole trilogy on Kindle for $3 right now. Since I read the book 25 years ago, I downloaded and found that the squad of 4 aliens that made contact were described as gibbons, rat faces, and an emu… My recollection from reading before was that some of the aliens looked like dogs, but I haven’t found that so far.
The guy they met was a composer, and the aliens found the music belligerent. They were shocked that the human attacked them upon being surprised by them and almost broke one of their jaws.
Perhaps you should download it and see if it is the same book.. There concept sounds similar and others here seem to remember it.
@ just a comment:
Okay, reading further, he broke a wrist, not a jaw, and the aliens were confused by a mix of primitive and advanced technology, calling out the incandescent lighting as primitive. They were also confused by the violence on television, surprised that humans fight each other, which they claim impedes the advancement of civilization.
Apparently the guy met a seal like alien in the water, too.
@ Bottas:
Found the Humans Are Space Orcs fan.
Good times.
Does anyone else have a whole stable of web comics you follow out of force of habit, and then one day you are reading one and realize that you haven’t even cracked a smile about it in months or years, to say NOTHING of an actual laugh?
For me, this is one of those.
@ HKMaly:
If you believe South Park, Earth is a giant reality show created by aliens. That makes as much sense as most of the origin theories.
just a comment wrote:
After I slept on it, I remembered the first human the aliens met questioning them about where they sent their probe, then confirming that particular region (the USA) was quite paranoid about unknown aircraft.
So it is possible you have the correct book.
just a comment wrote:
Yep, it is the book I remember.
In fact, I also (now) remember the ‘enemy’ deciding to attack earth and having a terrible time of it.
I actually now remember reading the entire trilogy (now).
H***; when you reach your mid-60s (I was born in 1956), there will likely be a LOT of books you’ll remember reading.
Thanks for the info.
I will be downloading and reading this trilogy again (after I read Asimov’s Foundation series… again)
@ Valkeiper2020:
By the way, the ‘rat faces’ are the ‘dogs’ you remember.
The trilogy goes on to follow one who contacted earth to the point where his mate dies from an enemy ‘cavalry’ attack.
The emu was an experienced and talented linguistics expert.
During the composer’s escape attempt, the squad was astonished how fast he could run, how quick his attacks (hand speed, especially) were, and how fast he could swim (for a species not adapted to swim).
That ‘seal-like alien’ brought him back to the others.
He noted while watching them ‘exercise’ how these ‘warriors’ weren’t even as athletic as he was and a Olympic-class athlete could best them in EVERYTHING.
Larisa, if those tapes are evidence of the evil that is Ancient Egypt, get them to Linkara! It’ll prove he was right all along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Z8r1DAYmg
@ bloke:
The entire Deathworlders series is also calling…